Vespa chase > car chase

In his new spy thriller “The American,” George Clooney tears through an Italian town, crashing cars, shooting out tires and catching the bad guy. Standard blockbuster car chase faire right? He does all that on a little Vespa.

Custom: 1977 Mopeds Ketchup & Mustard

We spotted this 1980s Motobecane 51v at 1977 Mopeds just before they closed up shop in The Mission to go online-only. Equipped with a 50cc cylinder and a bunch of other engine hop-up parts, it'll do about 50mph. Dan Kastner,…

Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz…scooter?!

A new electric scooter is hardly worth a mention these days, but its a small bombshell when coming from German car giant Daimler, owner of Mercedes and AMG — and also Smart, which is probably a better suited brand for…

Riding Nemo Gould's Nemomatic scooter

Photos: Grant RayOne part art project, one part practical transportation and one part skill builder, the Nemomatic is Berkeley-based artist Nemo Gould's first foray into bikes. Better known for his whimsical found-object kinetic sculptures, Nemo makes giant robots that ride…

Retro: Honda Motocompo

In 1981 Honda had a big idea: take the typical subcompact city car platform, but put a tall, van-style body on it so the occupants would sit upright. VoilĂ , leg room. There were two problems with the Honda City: even…

Donate $7 to charity, win $1,700 of gear

Want to win head-to-toe motorcycle gear worth over $1,700 or a scooter outfit worth almost $900? Our friends at Urban Rider are organizing a raffle to give away all the helmets, jackets, boots, gloves and whatnot pictured above. 100 percent…